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' U NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB H. FLEISOH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SCARF.

SPECIFECATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,952, dated May 24, 1881.

Application filed April 15, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB H. FLEISCH, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefullmprovementin Gentlemens Scarfs, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of the same, in which- Figure 1 is a front view of a scarf containing my invention, and Fig. 2 is a back or rear view of the same.

My invention relates to thatcla-ss of scarfs known as round or long scarfs, simulating a knot, known as a sailors knot, a particular designation for them in the trade being Teck scarfs; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of parts hereinafter' shown, described, and claimed. The said Teck scarf, as hitherto made, consists of what is termed the knot, which is, in fact, a band in the form of a flattened tube, which constitutes the body or upper portion of the scarf, with aprons or tabs depending from the lower edge of the knot. Theupper edge of the tube constitutes the neck-line of the scarf, and the neckband is connected. to the scarf partially or wholly within the said neck-line--that is to say, one end of the neckband is inserted in the upper end of the said flattened tube on one side, and made fast by sewing or otherwise, and the other free end of the band is passed into an opening left on the opposite side of the scarf in the upper end of said flattened tube; but in a scarf thus constituted the neckband is liable to become wrinkled and puckered at its points of union with the knot or body of the scarf and fail to lie fiat and conform to the contour or curvature of the neck. An attempt has been made to remedy this objectionable feature by cutting off by adiagonal cut the upper outer angle of the said knot, so as to leave an opening on the diagonal line for the insertion of the neckband; but this gives to the front of the scarf a form that is undesirable to many, as it, in a measure, destroys the illusion that the body of the scarf is composed of a sailors knot. By my improvement the similitude of the knot is preserved, while the neckband is so attached as to avoid all wrinkling or puckering, and insure its conforming to the curve of the neck of the wearer.

A is the center or neck piece. It occupies (No model.)

and fills in width the neck-line a b of the scarf, and depends from said line with straight edges.

B is the shield, made of some suitable stifl' material, preferably of card-board, the upper outer portions or corners of which have the form shown-that is to say, the neck-line a b being curved downward, the upper outer corner or portions are bounded by straight lines 11 c and a c, inclining outward and downward, the said inclined lines being in length equal to the width of the neckband D. From the points 0 and c the shield preferably tapers somewhat, as shown, to the bottom edge, e. O is the knot or barrel of the scarf, consisting, in fact, of a band that crosses the scarf, preferably a little diagonally, as shown. Its upper edge is far enough below the neckline a b to permit the neckband to be inserted and attached between the said upper edge and neckline, as shown plainly in'Fig. 1, thus showing a portion of the center piece,A, above theknot 0 equal to the breadth of the neckband. The outer upper corners of the shield project beyond the center piece, exposing to front view before the neckband is inserted the triangular pieces ff outside of the side edges of the upper part of the center piece that are indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, the same being covered in that figure by the neckband. One end of the neckband being inserted between the shield B and the knot-piece (l, as shown, it overlays the projecting corner f of the shield and hides it from view, the said corner being sewed fast to the neckband, as shown in Fig. 2. On the opposite side an opening is made for the insertion of the free end of the neckband between the shield and the knot-piece, and when inserted to secure the scarf on the neck of the wearer it overlays the corner f of the shield, covering it from below; but in order to avoid the wear of the neckband against the shield, as well as to prevent any portion of the naked shield being exposed by the accidental displacement of the free end of the neckband, the projecting corner f should be covered on its front face with the same material of which the front of the scarf is made. The free end of the neckband passes down below the bottom edge of the shield, and is caught on the point of a detaining-pin attached to the shield in the usual way.

It is obvious that the action of the neckband LII when it is drawn around the neck of the wearer, will be to cause the shield, and with it the body of the scarf, to conform to the curvature of the neck and fit snugly to it.

E E are the tabs or aprons, the upper ends of which are inserted and secured between the lower edges of the shield and knot-piece.

The center piece, A, is folded back upon itself at the neck-line, and sewed fast to the up per edge of the shield B. The ends of the knotpiece 0 are folded back upon themselves under the side edges of the shield and sewed fast to them, as seen in Fig. 2.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As a new article of manufacture, a gentlemans scarfconiposed ofa center piece, A, tabs l E E, a shield, B, the upper outer corners of[ which extend beyond the outer edges of the center piece, a knot-piece, C, placed far enough below the upper edge of the center piece to permit the insertion of the ends of the neckband between the upper edge of the center piece and the upper edge of the said knot-piece at the sides of the center piece, and a neckband, D, the ends of which are inserted between the shieid and center piece, above the knot-piece and below the upper edge of the center piece, all constructed, arranged, and combined to operate as and for the purpose described.

\Vitness my hand April 13, 1881.

JACOB H. FLEISGH. In presence of- A. G. N. VERMILYA, A. S. FITCH. 

